Improvement in cotton-cultivators, scrapers, and choppers



JOHN H. W. YonNornnNDEnsoN, TEXASI" Letters Patent No. 110,531, datedDecember 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-CULTIVATORS, SCRAPERS, AND CHQPPERS.

Th; Bchedle referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of thesame.

To all -whom it may concern Be it known that 1', JOHN H. W. YOUNG, ofHenderson,'in the county O f Russ and State of Texas, have invented anew and improved Cotton-Cultivator, Scraper, and Chopper; and I dohereby de- 'elare that the following is a full, clear, and exact detheunder side of the maconnection of the axle with the sliding boxes;

Figure o is a detached perspective View showing the adjustable shanksofthe Scrapers; and

ifigu. 5 i is a side View of the machine. "i'his invention relatestocertain improvements inv a niachinefor-cuitivating, scraping, andchopping cotton, all at one operation seid improvements.conststing?rparticularly in Shanks for the Scrapers pivoted :it their upper'cnds tothe frame, and provided with curved slots, through which passclamp-bolts, the object of this arrnngeiuenr. being to enable thescrapcrs io he set at diiferent angles in a vertical piane, accordingrto the nature ot' the soil through which they run; and in handles forguiding the machine, which are pivoted at their ii'ont ends to fixedstandards, and centrally to sliding blocks in which the axle has itsbearings, the same being`provided`with a spring lock-bar for engaging inrack-posts o'r standground may be regulated with convenience and dispui' , "ig to the drawing;y

A is the frainc of the machine.

n are vertical boxes attached, exactly opposite each other, to the frameA, and insh with the inner sides of the same, said boxes having verticalslots at their inncrsides.

ii is the axle, which passesthrough the vertical slotsin the boxes a.,and terminates at euch end in vertical blocks b ineiosed wthin theboxes, and jointed at their upper ends to the handles c, by means ofwhich the frame A may he raised 0r lowered ou the blocks l), the handlesbeing pivoted at their front cxtreniitics 'to standards d that springfrom the frame A.

lo secure thel handles at anydesired height, at

front end, the Scrapers f at its rear end, and the rotary choppers gbehind the Scrapers. lhese are all raised or lowered with'the frame, forthe purpose of" front oi' a master-wheel, so that a track or 'furrow maybe cleared for the latter to run in.

"ihe plows e run oneV at each side of arow of plants, and throw earth'away therefromso as to completely cover the spaces'between the rowsvwith turned-up soil, and thus bury and kill the weeds therein.

'Ii-ie Scrapers f follow, and pare off the sides ot the row, reducing itto the requisite width.

The rotary hoes g complete the operation by chopping across the row, anddividing it into stands of the desired length.

One of the hoes is. made narrower than the rest, thedifference.betwenits width and that of the other hoes being the ieenm'ofthe hill tlietthis hoe leaves standing erosswise oi' the row.

All the hoes cut mt 'clean spaces in the row between the hills.

Instead ot' one narrow hoe, two or three might be used, in which easethe hills would be proportionately nearer together.

A slot, vli., is formed crosswise ofthe hoes,`to perf mit iheiradjustmeut bymeaus of bolts or screw-s passing 'through the ends of thearms-c' c'.

The shaft D of the; rotary choppers is connected 'at its front end withthe axle B, and its box k, on

the rear cross-piece of theframe A, is provided with trunnions, by meansof which the rear end ofthe.

shaft is enabled to rise or fail with the frame without binding orstraining the latter.

The shauks l o`i` the scrapersf are pivoted at their upper ends to therear cross-piece of the franie A, and are each provided with a circularslot, in, in rear ...of' the pivot,throngh;which s lot a set-screwpasses,

be turned s o as to vary-tbe inclination of the scrap-- ers-to the row,as in clay soils the Scrapers need to be set at a sharper angle te theiineof. draft than in s indy or loose soils,

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letterslatent, is I l1. The combination?, with the frame Aand'vthe axle v B, ofthe blocks lb b, handles c c, rack-posts p11,lockbar @and springs s e, substantially as and-for the purposespecified.

A-2. The scraper-shank, when pivotd to the frame,

and provided with a curved slot and set-screw, for, the

purpose of enabling the Scrapers to beplaced at any desired inclinationto :theline of draft.

iVit-nesscs:

Gir-As. A .Pnrr1r, Taos. D. D. OURAND.

anni (tithe JOHN H. W. YOUNG.'

